Let the Dead Bury Their Dead |
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Author:
| Kenan, Randall |
ISBN: | 978-0-15-650515-4 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | Mariner Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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"Nothing short of a wonder-book."--New York Times Book Review
The story collection that hailed the arrival of an essential voice in southern literature--a sharp, rich exploration of what it means to poor, Black, and gay in the United States.
A three-year-old boy begins to deliver messages from dead relatives. A zombie uprising is led by an evil preacher. A woman is haunted by a child her husband may have drowned. A pig talks. The stories in Let the Dead Bury...
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"Nothing short of a wonder-book."--New York Times Book Review
The story collection that hailed the arrival of an essential voice in southern literature--a sharp, rich exploration of what it means to poor, Black, and gay in the United States.
A three-year-old boy begins to deliver messages from dead relatives. A zombie uprising is led by an evil preacher. A woman is haunted by a child her husband may have drowned. A pig talks. The stories in Let the Dead Bury Their Dead embody the type of fiction that defined Randall Kenan's career: set in the thinly veiled fictional Carolina town of Tims Creek, they follow a diverse cast of Southern folkways, and stare into a long shadow of history. A stunning mix of magic, myth, and folktales, Kenan masterfully portrays a world of varied voices, and in wondrous prose, brings to life the ghosts of our past and present.